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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    MindManager

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AMindManager is a mind mapping and project management tool that aims to boost users’ productivity. It is designed to facilitate a wide range of project types, and includes cross-platform functionality and 3rd party integrations.

    $105

    per year

    Mural

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMURAL (formerly Mural.ly) from Tactivos (DBA MURAL) in San Francisco is described by the vendor as a digital workspace and visual collaboration tool, designed for creative teams to make the process of design more efficient for distributed teams, working remotely.

    $12

    per month

    Pricing
    MindManagerMural
    Editions & Modules
    MindManager for Microsoft Teams
    $105
    per year
    Annual Subscription
    $179
    per year
    Organizations
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    Starter
    $12
    per month
    Plus
    $20
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MindManagerMural
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Plans are billed annually.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    MindManagerMural
    Considered Both Products
    Corel Corporation
    Chose MindManager
    Mural mapping is more colorful and easy to flash but the notes are missing and that is a big one for me. Microsoft Powerpoint is just a baby... no noting, difficult to maneuver the "buckets".
    Incentivized
    Chose MindManager
    Before COVID, I almost always did strategic planning by drawing maps on walls using posters and post-it notes. Now that everything is virtual, I am regularly finding the need to use other online products for the ideation process. While I find that MindManager is not as easy to …
    Incentivized
    Mural
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    143 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    21 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    111 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    16 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    147 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    21 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    117 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    124 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    Features
    MindManagerMural
    Mind Mapping
    Comparison of Mind Mapping features of MindManager and Mural
    Feature
    MindManager
    7.5
    70 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Mural
    -
    Ratings
    Cross-Platform Compatibility7.455 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Templates8.064 Ratings00 Ratings
    Import and Export Options7.265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time Collaboration Tools6.849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-Drop Capabilities9.160 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notes and Attachments7.663 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color and Style Customization7.964 Ratings00 Ratings
    Presentation Mode7.456 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Task Management6.751 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mind Map Revision History6.842 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    MindManagerMural
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (263 ratings)
    8.1
    (21 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (26 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.9
    (22 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.8
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    MindManagerMural
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Corel Corporation
    It is well suited for a quick prototype of product/development planning to show relationships amongst the APIs used. This helps developers understand the impact of the product changes and identifies the need to update integration components to avoid erroneous deployments. I have not personally experienced a less appropriate scenario at the moment.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    I've recommended MURAL to a lot of people in a lot of fields. This is a great tool for any group of people that might stand around a white board if they were in person. Even if they are in person, I still recommend it pretty often because, unlike a white board, MURAL is virtual, so it can go offline with you. I've recommended it to other Software Teams, individual software developers, engineering teams, Sales Managers, Office Staff, Manufacturing teams, and more.
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    Pros
    Corel Corporation
    • Allows me to learn by organizing notes.
    • Enables me to create and present strategic plans.
    • Empowers me to present complex concepts in a different and straightforward way.
    • Captivates my audience when I prepare and present a conference, a class, or a seminar in MindManager.
    • Allows me to share mind maps in a variety of formats like JPG, PDF, and HTML.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    • enables easy for all collaboration especially in the hybrid environment
    • makes brainstorming better as users can create digital sticky notes, draw diagrams, and add images to visually represent concepts and ideas
    • it helps to visualize data effectively - users can create charts, graphs, and diagrams to present data-driven insights to team members and stakeholders
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Corel Corporation
    • There should be some more functionality in the Notes window, such as a "Paste Special " Icon in the notes area to maintain format control.
    • Although I create many of my own Web export templates, an add-on for web export design would be great, as I regularly create Interactive Electronic Technical Publications (IETP) in HTML export format.
    • The ability to sync Map shortcuts between devices would also be welcome. I use MM on three devices, and I have to add or amend the Map list individually. My maps are on OneDrive, so using them should not be that hard if they are cloud-based.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    • It'd be nice that the zoom regulation could be easier to manage
    • The advanced features are a little bit easy to adopt. Why not adding some agile trainings, or some other tools to facilitate their adoption
    • A faster and easier way to Integrate with ms office
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Corel Corporation
    I feel the main issues of the old Mindjet seem to be gone with the
    Corel purchase. With the huge advance of sharing via browser HTML even 1
    user can affect many. And, actually, using MM kind of forced my rigid
    brain to rethink how I categorize and classify information/projects.
    The
    idea of paying $69USD for an annual cost is more than fair and a great
    model for Corel/Mindjet to keep rolling out improvements!
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Corel Corporation
    MindManager is very intuitive. The user interface is not cluttered and the ribbon icons are easy to understand. Several excellent "how-to" videos are available on the MindManager site as well as on YouTube. MindManager starts quickly and the user interface is very responsive. Launching other programs from MindManager such as Excel is very fast and issue free. The browsing feature is lightning fast. The drag-and-drop capability is also very fast and reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    Overall, MURAL is really easy to use, but there are a couple downsides. It's really easy to make areas of the board consistent because double clicking adds stickies that match those around the current one. It's really easy to connect the elements. And it's really easy to organize elements. Inconsistent controls, Panning, Line Connections, and latency are the only issues I had. My biggest issue is that the MURAL mouse buttons are very different from
    most similar software. This always causes me problems switching to a
    graphics software or 3D modelling software. Because MURAL uses the same button to pan and move elements, it's really easy to move things when panning around. The lines can also be a (sometimes huge) problem because thew will occasionally disappear or connect to things incorrectly. I think this is tied to latency issues which, in addition to causing phantom lines, can sometimes cause confusion to your team.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Corel Corporation
    We have had no issues with the application's availability
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Corel Corporation
    The application is quick and responsive. We are able to produce mindmaps and reports with ease. The program is not complicated at all and integrates well with software and programs like Microsoft Outlook and Teams, which we truly appreciate.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Corel Corporation
    I have called technical support a few times. During the COVID Crisis, I called a few times repeatedly due to a rush request. The technical support guy called me back in minutes. He somehow knew that I had called repeatedly and wanted to make sure my issue was resolved immediately
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    Chat support tends to get back to you within a few hours and are always helpful.
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    Online Training
    Corel Corporation
    There is a wide range of online training through webinars led by expert users. They are particularly useful for explaining how to use new features and using MindManager 'in the real world' for projects, tasks etc.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Corel Corporation
    better backup and exporting functions
    Incentivized
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    Mural
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    Alternatives Considered
    Corel Corporation
    MindManager stands out for its wide range of export options, customization and how they have enriched the format over time. As a constantly evolving tool, and having tried others, I consider it superior for the abovementioned reasons. Its cross-platform nature has been decisive, and although there are many alternatives in the form of web applications or the like, MindManager presents itself as a more complete and robust option.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    Mural was easier to use and share compared with Whiteboard. Whiteboard's functionality is limited. It is also integrated into Teams in an odd way that makes it difficult for team members to refer to old whiteboards. Mural as a stand alone web app is better.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Corel Corporation
    A team can collaborate on the same project but cannot create a shared project file. It would be helpful for that feature to be added.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Corel Corporation
    • For a single person business presentation it is a plus.
    • Project difficulty is well assessed using the map.
    • Giving away a paper version of a map is a positive gesture. People like the map, the look, and what it says, and it may also be a way to promote MindManager to them.
    • Keep the PDF or JPEG saving capabilities for small customers like me. It's important.
    Incentivized
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    Mural
    • Mural allows us to draft communications for clients that aim to increase the NPS of the organization
    • Mural allows us to keep up with the agile framework, which reduces Time to Market of our products and initiatives
    • Mural allows us to identify blockers in our day to day tasks, which reduces the Cicle Time of our Kanban cards
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    MindManager Screenshots

    Screenshot of MindmapScreenshot of Reverse BrainstormingScreenshot of MindManager for Microsoft TeamsScreenshot of MindManager SnapScreenshot of MindManager GoScreenshot of Mind Maps in MindManager

    Mural Screenshots

    Screenshot of the brainstorming templates that brings more minds to the table and helps turn good ideas into extraordinary work.Screenshot of energizers and icebreakers that help teams feel connected and open-minded so they can tackle big problems.Screenshot of strategic plan sharing, to improve people's sense of safety and expectation, leaving more brain space for creativity and innovation.Screenshot of retrospectives, which help teams get better and happier over time.